Authors

• Gallup Finland
• University of Helsinki. Department of Political Science

Keywords

elections, municipal elections, parliamentary elections, political attitudes, political behaviour, voting

Abstract

The variables describe the following: image of the parties, party membership, interest in politics, important sources of information in view of voting decision, voting in the 1972 municipal elections, voting certainty, party choices, satisfaction with the government, forming of the new cabinet, opinions on parties and politics, economic situation, agreement reached through collective bargaining, and the necessity of new parliamentary elections. Some variables are connected with the interview situation and the social structure of the sample.